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FireRescue1’s Health and Wellness resource center provides practical, evidence-informed guidance to support physical fitness, mental health and long-term career resilience. Coverage includes injury prevention, nutrition, sleep, stress management, cancer awareness and behavioral health to help fire service professionals remain healthy, capable and mission-ready on and off duty.

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Understand how the experiences you have as a first responder can shape your relationships with your family
Amid a whiplash of staffing changes, several NIOSH employees received a notice labeled “Recession of Previous Notice of Reduction in Force”
Understand why first responders struggle to recognize their stress and how Tactical Brain Training builds emotional awareness and resilience
First responders face significantly higher risks of mental health challenges due to the intense stress and repeated trauma of their work, warns therapist Dr. Brendan Guarino
Discover top pet care solutions that keep your pets safe and comfortable while you’re on duty
You’ve got the requisite emergency response training, but do you have the knowledge to survive a lawsuit?
The data on how often firefighters divorce may surprise you, and it offers three interesting takeaways
While completing fire academy training is a rigorous challenge that’s not for everyone, it’s a necessity if you want to enter the rewarding field of firefighting
A review of 13 investigations highlights three actions fire departments can take to reduce firefighter risk in the wildland-urban interface
One study shows that injuries for firefighters working 48-hour shifts are highest during the second day of the shift
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Detailing simple steps to reduce exposures and improve long-term health
Loveland Fire Rescue Authority celebrated the grand opening of a new health and wellness center and burn building, facilities designed to support firefighter health and realistic training
Taylor officials, firefighters and community leaders gathered to mark the rededication of Station No. 2, part of a major renovation project enhancing living and working conditions for first responders
Learn valuable strategies to achieve the station you need
Assistant Chief Mike Binney and Data Analytics Manager John Morrison detail how their departments are employing these tools

Today’s Public Safety professionals face new and evolving challenges every day. The expectations of the communities you serve have never been higher, and your duties have never been more complex. In recent years, you have been asked to “do more with less” – less funding, less staffing, and less innovation from your legacy technology providers, which has left you underserved.

Oracle recognizes the importance of the work you do, and we have set out to make a meaningful difference in how you deliver on your oath to service. We recognize that you operate in a data-driven world, and we are actively developing technologies to assist you with identifying, storing, and acting on critical data – in real-time.

Oracle’s unified public safety hardware and software suite provides first responders with the advanced tools to boost efficiency and enhance real-tome situational awareness, which can help improve issue resolution.

We’re on a mission to make first responders’ working life simpler, safer, happier, and vastly more productive. We’re developing technologies to make this possible- building trust between first responders and the communities they serve, with the ultimate goal of saving lives.

Staffed by retired volunteers, the canteen from Independent Hose Company delivers hot meals, snacks and hydration to crews during incidents across Frederick County
Firearms instructor Todd Fletcher went from a competitive power lifter to a retiree managing pre-diabetes and high blood pressure, showing the impact of shift work on wellness
From smartwatches to hydration, here are four mission-ready picks to help you build strength, regulate stress and stay fit for the job — and for life
200,000 sticks of DripDrop electrolyte powder to be donated, in partnership with the NVFC